Luxembourg for Finance

Name

Luxembourg for Finance

Legal name

Luxembourg for Finance

Website

https://luxembourgforfinance.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Centre Development & Promotion Services

NAICS

Public Finance Activities (92113)

SIC

International Affairs (9721), Foreign Governments (8888)

akta.pro primary industry

National Development Banks & State Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) (BPADACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Municipal/Local Government Development Banks (FSABAKAI)

Keywords

• Financial centre development
• Cross-border fund distribution
• Investment fund domiciliation
• Sustainable finance promotion
• Financial industry promotion

Headquarters

HQ city

Kirchberg

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-funded development agency: Luxembourg for Finance operates as a public-private partnership funded by the Luxembourg government to develop and promote the Luxembourg financial centre. Revenue model is not commercial; the agency is sustained through government funding to advance financial services industry development.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Luxembourg for Finance is the official public-private development agency for Luxembourg's financial centre, founded in 2008. It provides business development, marketing, events, research publications, podcast/video content, and talent attraction services to promote Luxembourg as a leading cross-border financial hub to international banks, asset managers, insurers, FinTech firms, and capital markets participants. Its services are offered free of charge and are sustained through government and private-sector funding rather than commercial fees.

Product overview

Luxembourg for Finance operates as the Financial Centre Development Agency for Luxembourg, functioning as a marketing and development platform rather than a traditional product company. The organization provides a suite of information services including a comprehensive website with financial centre information, digital publications and studies on sustainable finance and asset management, an events platform for industry networking, the Shaping Finance podcast series, a video content hub, and an insights portfolio. These services work together to promote Luxembourg as a leading European financial hub and support businesses considering Luxembourg for market access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MoveToLux: A talent attraction platform helping professionals relocate to Luxembourg for careers in the financial sector.

Products and services

• Luxembourg for Finance Website Multilingual corporate website serving as the main digital platform for the Financial Centre Development Agency, providing information about Luxembourg's financial centre, sector pages (banking, asset management, insurance, capital markets, sustainable finance, FinTech), key figures, publications, news, and event registration.
• LFF Publications Library Digital publications including activity reports, brochures, and studies covering topics such as tokenisation frameworks, ESG, state of the financial sector, sustainable finance, asset management, insurance, capital markets, wealth management, private equity, corporate finance, and competitiveness of European financial services.
• LFF Events Platform Event management and registration platform for financial industry events including the Asia Finance Forum, Digital Finance Forum, Sustainable Finance Forum, Focus on Corporate Finance, Outlook on 2027, and networking receptions such as Luxembourg meets Singapore, Zurich, Geneva, and Stockholm.
• Shaping Finance Podcast Podcast series hosted by CEO Nicolas Mackel offering a platform to high-level decision-makers in international finance, featuring episodes with industry leaders from bodies such as EFAMA and the European Stability Mechanism, covering sustainable finance, capital markets, FinTech, and financial centre development.
• LFF Videos Hub Video content library featuring promotional and educational videos about Luxembourg's financial centre, including series such as 'Helping Finance Go Global', 'Luxembourg is where ETFs go to work', 'Ambitions 2030', and 'Women we empower today, transform tomorrow', covering FinTech, sustainable finance, ETFs, women in finance, and working/living in Luxembourg.
• LFF Portfolio Articles In-depth articles and editorial stories from the Luxembourg financial centre covering defence and finance, green FinTech, alternative fund valuation, MiCA implementation, talent in the financial sector, and other strategic topics for the international finance audience.
• MoveToLux Talent Platform Talent attraction platform helping professionals relocate to Luxembourg for careers in the financial sector, operated as a sub-brand of Luxembourg for Finance.

Quantifiable outcome

• €8.2 trillion in assets under management in Luxembourg-domiciled funds (2025)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• GIFT City (India)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2026Luxembourg's Finance Minister visited GIFT City to outline a five-point roadmap for deepening financial cooperation with India, emphasizing strategic opportunity linked to proposed EU-India trade deal. Focus areas include market connectivity, reducing friction for issuers and investors, channeling European institutional capital into Indian sectors, advancing digitalisation, and strengthening regulatory cooperation.
• World Bank Group / IFCflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 August 2025Luxembourg marked its 75-year shared history with the World Bank and extended its partnership with IFC to support market creation in partner countries. Luxembourg reaffirmed its support for IDA21 and pledged significant contribution at the IDA21 meeting in Seoul to support efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
• Hong Kong Financial Services and Treasury Bureau (FSDC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 April 2023Luxembourg for Finance and Hong Kong FSDC signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration between two major Asian and European financial centres. The partnership aims to promote mutual understanding, share best practices, and explore joint opportunities in sustainable finance, fintech, and capital markets development.
• Toronto Finance InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2019Renewed strategic partnership between Luxembourg for Finance and Toronto Finance International to strengthen cooperation between Luxembourg and Canadian financial centres. Focus areas include fintech innovation, sustainable finance, and cross-border investment fund distribution.
• European Investment Bank (EIB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative with EIB through the EIB Climate Finance Platform designed to mobilise investment for climate related projects by combining a stop-loss guarantee with technical assistance. Luxembourg also hosted first AIIB annual meeting outside Asia.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dublin International Financial Services Centre (IFSC): Ireland's promotional body for Dublin as a competing EU fund and cross-border financial services hub, particularly strong in UCITS, ETFs, and post-Brexit relocations. Most directly comparable to LFF as a national agency pursuing market share in cross-border fund domiciliation.
• Toronto Finance International: Canada's financial centre development agency, with whom LFF has a formal strategic partnership covering fintech, sustainable finance, and cross-border fund distribution. Closely aligned mandate promoting a national financial centre to international investors.
• IDA Ireland: Ireland's foreign direct investment agency responsible for attracting international financial services firms, including fund promoters and FinTechs. Closely aligned with LFF in mandate to draw financial services activity to a small EU member state.
• Paris Europlace: Paris-based financial centre promotional body championing France's capital markets, asset management, and post-Brexit re-attraction efforts. Direct competitor for EU fund domiciliation and capital-markets activity.
• Frankfurt Main Finance: Promotional agency positioning Frankfurt as an EU financial centre post-Brexit, emphasising BaFin's regulatory strength and the ECB's presence. Direct competitor for EU fund, banking, and capital-markets activity that LFF also targets.
• Amsterdam International Financial Centre: Dutch promotional body positioning Amsterdam as an EU financial hub for banking, fintech, and sustainable finance following Brexit-driven relocations. Competes with Luxembourg for EU gateway positioning.

Regional players

• Invest in Hong Kong (InvestHK): Hong Kong's government department promoting the city as an Asian financial gateway and asset management hub. Comparable as an Asia-facing financial centre development agency with which LFF has an MoU partnership.
• Qatar Financial Centre Authority (QFCA): Authority promoting Doha as a Middle East financial and asset management hub with regulatory, tax, and cross-border frameworks. Comparable mandate to develop a financial centre from a small/medium jurisdiction.
• UK Financial Investments (UKFI): UK government body previously managing state financial sector interventions and promoting the UK financial services industry internationally. Comparable public-sector promotional function for a major financial centre.

Others

• Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT): Luxembourg-based FinTech innovation hub partnering with LFF on the Asian Development Bank's NextFin Asia fund. Sister/ecosystem organisation rather than competitor, focused on FinTech rather than the broader financial centre remit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LuxFinance
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCw1IhDwtfBLL2j6c7Jjjn8A
• Facebookfacebook.com/luxembourgforfinance
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/luxembourg-for-finance
• Instagraminstagram.com/luxembourgforfinance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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